VOLUME 84, ISSUE 12 www.theticker.org DECEMBER 8, 2003 INSIDE Laramie Project Performance James Murphy Sells Out Performing Arts Center Addresses Student BY ZANETA REID Concerns Between November 18 and 22, the Baruch By SANDRÓ LEMBERG and Performing Arts Center (BPAC) held the pro- AARON SIEGEL duction of The Laramie Project in the Rose Nagelberg Theater, a play by Moises On Tuesday December 2, the Associate Vice Kaufman and members of the Tectonic President for Enrollment Services, James Theatre Project. The arrival of this play to the Murphy, addressed student concerns and Baruch community was long anticipated and answered questions from Undergraduate met with much approval and success. Tryouts Student Government (USG) members and other for the production took place the week of students at the weekly USG meeting in the September 23 and rehearsals for the chosen USG conference room. actors began the week of October 7, so there Murphy, who is in charge of the offices of was much preparation and already a growing Undergraduate Admissions, Financial Aid, interest for this play. International Students, as well as others, was Check Out Gente For The Laramie Project was unique in itself, asked by the USG to come and speak about the Earthy Ambiance and simply due to the format of the play. The cast common issues, problems and concerns that is made up of four men and four women, but Baruch students have in regard to the areas that The Laramie Project was at the Baruch Authentic Italian Cuisine 7 those eight core actors play well over 40 parts. he oversees. College Performing Arts Center from The first topic that was touched upon by It was a challenge to see a character portray a December 18 to 22. (Photo/ BPAC) Michael Jackson - Yet student one minute and become an old farm Murphy was another possible tuition increase, some with no prior acting experience and oth- which is presently a hot issue. Murphy men- Another Hit Album Release, worker from Laramie the next. But this chal- ers with quite an extensive resume. The eight lenge added to the intrigue of the play and tioned that the SUNY Board of Trustees was main actors were Ari Benmosche, Cheryl Chi- voting on a tuition increase and since there was Yet Another Accusation 10 captivated the audience’s attention even more. The cast was made up of Baruch students, a good chance that it would be passed, it is very See LARAMIE, Page 3 likely that CUNY would follow with its own increase, as is often the case. Murphy then talked about enrollment and how Lecture Looks at Misconceptions Of it affected the Baruch budget. Currently total Baruch enrollment stands at 15,161, and Native American Culture Murphy said that they are trying to get it up to 15,500 by next year. The decrease in enrollment By KARAH WOODWARD from the audience. had a negative impact on the Baruch budget, “The land is still aboriginal. Do we teach that which led Murphy to admit, “This is the first “American Indian history is central to the people were already living there? No. Never!” bad budget we had in years.” history of the United States.” These were the Hauptman exclaimed. Students who had problems with registration words of Laurence M. Hauptman, author, his- Next he spoke about the removal of 87,000 mentioned the fact the registration hotline, torian and SUNY Professor as he delivered an Native Americans from the Eastern states to which should be in service from Monday animated and informative lecture entitled Texas and into territory further west. The through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., was not work- ing properly as people did not pick up the “Misconceptions about Native Americans” in removal began under Andrew Jackson and phone. Murphy acknowledged, “There are room 2-190 of the Vertical Campus on continued into the 1870s. However, Hauptman times when we cannot answer our calls.” Thursday, November 6. Sponsored by the alluded that history books gloss over the true In regards to student complaints about the var- History Department, African Students nature of what happened to the native people. ious offices that he is in charge of, Murphy Association and the New York Council for “When we put up a map of removal, we don’t observed that students are not aggressively G-Unit Shows Their Fans Humanities, Hauptman’s lecture offered a his- say removal. In our textbooks we put reloca- seeking a resolution. However, Murphy recom- How To Stunt And Their torical perspective that led to a lively, interac- tion,” he stated. mended that students go to his seventh floor tive discussion between the speaker and audi- “To be relocated means you have to want to office in the Technology building and speak to Competitors How To Beg ence. Adding thoughts from an indigenous be relocated,” said Thunderbird. him if they have a problem with his staff. For Mercy perspective was poet Cathy Thunderbird. Adding to the misconception is that most As far as positive changes, Murphy mentioned 13 “You see, I’m a teacher and as a teacher, I’m Americans are only familiar with the Cherokee the launch of the new online database that does concerned about all these misconceptions. And who walked the Trail of Tears, but according transfer credit evaluation for transfer students misconceptions are just immense when it to Hauptman, more than 20 other indigenous who come from other CUNY schools. comes to Native people,” said Hauptman. nations were removed those include many The next topic concerned registration and the Hauptman, a professor at SUNY New Paltz from New York State such as the Seneca, availability of classes. Murphy first took into for 32 years, where he is currently a Cayuga, Tuscarora and Winnebago, now account the fact that students wanted to be able Distinguished Professor of History specializ- known as Ho Chunk. “Why aren’t eastern to pay and print out their bill at the same loca- ing in Civil War History, New York State groups ever mentioned?” he asked the audi- tion. He agreed with the fact that there were not History, and teaches three Native American ence. enough advisors adding, “12,000 [students] into Studies courses. His lecture’s primary focus “It is just easier to talk about the South,” he six does not go.” Murphy noted that the cause was the role Native Americans played in major explained when it comes to discussing slavery. of less classes being available for night students events of American history These are stories In the case of Native Americans, it’s easier to was day students taking night classes, even though he knew that “over 50 percent of stu- most Americans are familiar with, but the role romanticize the American identity of the Wild dents want classes before 2:00 p.m.” of indigenous people has been mysteriously West and Indians living on the frontier. Departments scheduled classes too late and that left out or misconstrued. According to According to Hauptman, sometimes the mis- has forced students to go to classes in the Hauptman, history has a way of perpetuating conceptions are a deliberate subversion, espe- evening. misconceptions about historical events. cially since Native American people were so He also noted that due to the late arrival of the “Misconceptions, misconstructions, misinter- integral to the success of the early settlers and registration booklets, only 6,000 out of 20,000 pretation, omissions, intentional omissions, colonists in the American Revolution, and were distributed. stereotyping and racial bias,” all contribute to even in the Civil War. Murphy found that the demand for morning Bearcats Play Hard But Are distorting historical facts explained Hauptman. “At least before 1815 when they became classes began to increase with the incoming His first example was the Louisiana marginalized by whites, you cannot talk about freshman class in Fall 2001. He added that 423 Only Able To Take One Out Purchase of 1812, which according to American history without including Native students had not passed or taken the CPE exam Of Two At Hunter 19 Hauptman should really be called the peoples,” he said. when they reached 60 credits, and need to take Louisiana Treaty, since purchase implied that Then Hauptman directed the audience to the exam to avoid a stop on their record. the United States had free and clear title to the slides and handouts to prove some of his Murphy’s final topic of discussion was the Features 7 land for which it paid France $26 million. points. He consulted a picture taken of General improper collection of the newly restructured Op-Ed 9 However, the land was not France’s to sell to Ulysses S. Grant and a group of his military student activity fee, which resulted in USG the United States. advisors. Sitting on the far left was a Seneca having less money than they expected to give Calendar 10 “It isn’t our land ‘cause there were already man named Ely S. Parker, one of Grant’s mili- out to clubs. Murphy admitted that the whole Arts 13 people on that land. So what have we been tary secretaries. Parker was a general, who situation was completely his fault, and it hap- Sports BACK teaching for the last 200 years? What do we held a law degree, but became an engineer pened when he thought he changed the infor- call it? The Louisiana Purchase,” he stated. mation on the master file and the old informa- tion ended up being downloaded. 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